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Watching Sliders Season 4.  Holy cow this show tanked hard after the second season, I can't believe it lasted for 5 seasons.

Staybrite wrote:

Watching Sliders Season 4.  Holy cow this show tanked hard after the second season, I can't believe it lasted for 5 seasons.

Yeah,the first 2 seasons were the best. Season 3 was OK. Season 4 and 5 bombed.

Dune (1984)

Hardkore wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Watching Sliders Season 4.  Holy cow this show tanked hard after the second season, I can't believe it lasted for 5 seasons.

Yeah,the first 2 seasons were the best. Season 3 was OK. Season 4 and 5 bombed.

It all went down hill fast when they killed off Professor Arturo.  It looks like by the time the last seasoned filmed (haven't seen it yet) "The Cryin' Man" was the only original character left.  For some reason I cannot seem to remember the character's name for the "newer female lead" and she looks so much like the last actress that I just keep calling her "Wade 2.0" 

Hardkore wrote:

Dune (1984)

Most excellent film, but I have to confess I got a little tired of all the "voice overs" to handle the character's "thoughts".  Loved Sting in this movie.

Re-watching the entire Harry Potter collection of films on Blue-ray.  Currently up to #3.

Staybrite wrote:

Re-watching the entire Harry Potter collection of films on Blue-ray.  Currently up to #3.

I think I have only seen the 1st half of the 1st movie.It looked pretty good from what I remember. I never did get around to watching them.

Hardkore wrote:

Staybrite wrote:

Re-watching the entire Harry Potter collection of films on Blue-ray.  Currently up to #3.

I think I have only seen the 1st half of the 1st movie.It looked pretty good from what I remember. I never did get around to watching them.

They are fun to watch, but get really dark after about the 3rd film.  Certainly not good for younger children, and the whole witch/wizard thing may not be right for some families.

Just a handful of years ago, I was in the anti-Potter camp, thinking that the movies were encouraging kids towards the occult and witchcraft... but as I grew in Grace and realized I have too much of a "black and white" perspective on things in life as a believer, I then decided to watch all of them and decide for myself.  My daughter has all of them on DVD, so I borrowed them and watched every one in less than 2 weeks.... and I dug them !  They weren't super high on my list of loved movies, but I did like them quite a bit. And as for the evil conspiracy side that church folk have boycotted ?  I can see how young'uns without a good compass in life could be sucked into the excitement of having powers like that... and may not be able to separate the fantasy from reality.  As believers (here at CHM), we've laid solid foundations in Christ for our kids, so when they watched these flicks or any other for that matter, they know what the truth is and how to separate truth from fiction.
So overall, my thoughts are this: There is a slight danger with these kinds of movies and kids without a solid foundation.. but not far removed from kids who just simply wanna have powers as inspired by The Avengers movies.  It shouldn't warrant a bunch of church people making fools of themselves as they protest the movies and books, but it should also have a bit of parental guidance as well.

Guilty/Forgiven wrote:

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So overall, my thoughts are this: There is a slight danger with these kinds of movies and kids without a solid foundation.. but not far removed from kids who just simply wanna have powers as inspired by The Avengers movies.  It shouldn't warrant a bunch of church people making fools of themselves as they protest the movies and books, but it should also have a bit of parental guidance as well.

I am pretty much along the same side of thinking as you expressed here.  I do think there is a serious danger in people dabbling in the occult. But if taken as pure entertainment value I don't see these movies as terribly harmful (assuming your children understand that God explicitly condemns the use of witchcraft).  

Where I run into trouble is trying to reconcile with other fathers why they think one thing is bad but the other is good.  I knew one dad who strictly forbid any of the Harry Potter stuff, but loved The Incredibles (Pixar's superhero movie).  I asked him one day if he didn't see a conflict in what he was comfortable with.  His reply was: "Well we didn't know where The Incredibles get their power from, for all we know they could have come from God."  I didn't ask my follow-up question (because I didn't want to start an argument), but I thought is rather poor logic to suggest that "If super natural powers come from some ambiguous source, then they are ok, but if they obviously come from Satan/the occult...that they are bad."

My partner at work has also completely forbid any Harry Potter books or films in his house.  However he has encouraged all of his children to read all of Tolkien's Hobbit/LOTR books and has taken them to see all of the films.  I didn't even bother to point out the blatant contridiction in his logic as it would just start a needless argument.  I also don't see the need in suggesting that a parent is doing "something wrong" in raising their child (so long as they are not harming them physically or mentally).

Currently working my way through Star Wars Episodes I-VI in preparation to see the new one today!

Watched Star Wars last night.

Watched Star Wars :The Force Awakens last Friday. Saw it again this morning in Imax 3D.

Awesome!

Star Wars:  The Force Awakens


Man, that was good!  It wasn't as good as the originals, but it sure FELT like a Star Wars movie.

X-Men:  Days Of Future Past (Rogue Cut)


If you haven't seen this version, you should.  The scenes with Rogue just made the movie to me.  While not in tons of scenes, she was integral in the survival of mutants in this film.  I hate that they cut her out for the theatrical version.  This version was so much better.  It was cool to see her finally be more than just a whiney lovestruck teenager and actually one of the most important X-Men thus far as were Kitty Pride, Wolverine, and Professor X.  Without them in this movie, mutants would have all died.

Sunday: Star Wars - The Force Awakens....totally agree with Alldat, a fun film that actually felt like it really belonged in the saga.

Monday: Inside Out - another fantastic Pixar film. Loved the emotion characters and the different version in all the peoples heads.

We watched Inside Out a couple of nights ago!

Lazy night, I watched The Maze Runner.  My wife and her mom just didn't get it.

My parents, girlfriend, and I started watching Twin Peaks.  What a great show!  It's such a bizarre combination of being dark, zany, atmospheric, soap opera, surreal, and just overall very entertaining.

kerrick wrote:

My parents, girlfriend, and I started watching Twin Peaks.  What a great show!  It's such a bizarre combination of being dark, zany, atmospheric, soap opera, surreal, and just overall very entertaining.

Bizarre show indeed.  There is a movie as well.

Yup.  The movie is a prequel to the series, though was released later.  I intend on watching the movie, but after I finish the show - as it was released originally.

Have you seen it?

kerrick wrote:

Yup.  The movie is a prequel to the series, though was released later.  I intend on watching the movie, but after I finish the show - as it was released originally.

Have you seen it?

I remember watching a couple of the shows (way back when it was new on television).  I have to confess to not being a huge fan of Kyle MacLachlan so didn't stick with the series (I also was very bummed about him being in the first film adaptation of Dune).  Rumor has it they are filming a new television series for Twin Peaks.

Gotcha.  I think he's pretty fantastic in the show but haven't seen Dune (also directed by Lynch).  I heard about the new series!  I'm curious how it'll be.

The Red Road series on Netflix. Probably my favorite series since Longmire, and very much in the same vein.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2505072/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Age Of Adeline

For a chick flick, it was really good!  I always like Harrison Ford who is in this film as well.  The story was well done, and they do take a little time to explain why Adeline doesn't age.

War Room
Hobbit Trilogy (extended editions)
LOTR Trilogy